FAVIGNANA ISLAND, SICILY
IL LUGOMARTE (TRANSLATION: PROMENADE OF ART; PROMENART) IS A BEACON, WHICH CALLS TO ART PILGRIMS THE WORLD OVER TO CREATE, APPRECIATE AND CONSUME ART. LIKE THE BUTTERFLY EMERGING FROM ITS CHRYSALIS, THE HILLTOP OF FAVIGNANA ISLAND IS TRANSFORMED FROM A HISTORICAL RUIN TO A CENTER FOR THE EXPLORATION OF ART AND THE HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
ARRIVING BY SEA, THE ART ENTHUSIAST LOOKS TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND IS DRAWN UP; ASCENDING THE PROMENADE IN SEARCH OF THE APEX OF THEIR ARTISTIC ADVENTURE. SHRINES TO ART AND HISTORY ALONG THE WAY OFFER A RESPITE FROM THE STEADY CLIMB AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO OVERLOOK THE AZURE WATERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND TO EXPLORE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE AREA. THE JOURNEY CULMINATES AT THE HISTORICAL RUINS OF THE FAVIGNANA CASTLE WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO CREATIVE ART ATELIERS. THE PILGRIM CAN OBSERVE THE CREATION OF ART AS WELL AS EXPLORE WORKS OF ART IN THEIR FINAL FORMAT THE EXHIBITS AND GALLERIES. IL LUNGOMARTE IS SUPPORTED BY A GRAND EVENT PLAZA, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT WHICH PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND TO LINGER IN THIS VORTEX OF NATURAL WONDER AND CREATIVE EXPLORATION.
AN ARCHITECTURAL PLAN OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND EXPLORATION OF THE SITE AS A WHOLE, WHILE CELEBRATING INDIVIDUAL ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS. BY UTILIZING SIMPLE INTERVENTION ON THE SITE, THE ARCHITECTURE SERVES AS A BACKDROP UPON WHICH ART MAY FLOURISH, CULTIVATING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.
